Hair structure



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MA TORNEY Patented June 28, 1927.v

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM BEPN-EB, OF LOS ANGELES), CALIFORNIA.

` HAIR l STRUCTURE.

lApplication.filed September y:28, 1926. Serial No.138,177.

My invention vrelates to hair structures that are worn. principally bywomen and preferably employ a permanently bobbed style of hair.

" An' object of my invention is to construct a hair structure in such amanner that it can bev made cheaply and substantial and which can bereadily applied to the head ofthe wearer. v

An object is to provide a simple, novel and inexpensive hair structurewhich may be used in combination with a hatfto change the color of thewearers hair to observers.

An object is to provide a novel hair structure that shall be capable ofpositive mounting on anyy of a variety of shapes and sizes ofheads', andwhich may be quickly placed in position and removed therefrom, andthatwill effectively fit the head of the wearer so as not to bedistinguishable fromy the natural hair.

Another object is to provideja device of the above characterthat may be.fit-tedA to the head without, requiring the usual variety ofmeasurements and painstaking adjustments.

Another vobject is to provide inia device of this character novel meansforvsecurely and iirmly holding the hair structure in place on thew'earers head. l

At present in many instances women are bobbing Vtheir hair in suchabbreviated styles, or to such extremeaor have such thin hair or highforeheads or are bald that when a hat is worn by such person there isnot sufficient hair remaining to show from under the hat around thetemples and over'the forehead; and an object of'this'invention is toprovide simple means to overcome the above results which Amany times.arev objectionable.

Another object is to provide a novel and simple hair structure which,whenworn by women whose natural hairhas been closely cut, willvsupplysufficient hair overthe ears and templesY so .as to give withk thenatural hair of the wearer a highly desired and 'satisfactory appearancewithout being distinguishable from the natural hair. Y, p

In practicing my invention I provide a relatively Along andnarrowfoundationvto which hair strands are attached and which foundation Visof such length `as to span-:the forehead of the wearer from aproximatelytemple to temple, combination withxsimple fasteningv means attached tothe ends of the foundation and which is adapted to be covered by thenatural hair so as tobe entirely r,concealed from view when the Vdeviceis in place.

.Other objects, advantagesand features of Vinventionmay appear from the.accompanying drawings, the' .subjoined detail description, and'theappended claims.

The accompanying drawings illust-'rate the invention inthe form I `atpresent .deem preferable but showing several modes of hair dress. Y i

Figure l. is a more or VlessV diagrammatic view of a device embodying myinvention as applied to a head, the natural hair of which has beenclosely cut.

Fig.l 2 is a View of the' device shown in l as applied to the' head andvworn in conjunction with a hat.

Fig. 3 is a bottom Vplan view of the foundation and fastening means ofthe .device shownl in Figs. l and 2.

Fig. 4' isa more orless perspective view ont enlarged scale of one endof'thefaStening means before attachment' to the base or l.i'fvoundationof the hair structure. Portions.

arebrolen away to disclose interior construction. i i

Fig; 5v ,is a more orfless diagrammatic View of' a device constructediny accordance V'with my invention and showing'a modiied'form ofhairdress.

Fig.A 6's a shown' in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7` is a vie-w'f'showing a different style of hair dress.

Fig; 8 isa bottomplan view ofy the` device shown'in Fig. o i fYlvllyinvention comprisesin general a device whichis adaptedto kprovidesuilicient hairY .over theforeheadanfd temples particularly .on womenAwho have thin 'hairg or high foreh'eads or arebald, or whofhfave'greyhair,kor who "have had-their natural hair cut close to the head; yortoimmediatelyv give those who'desire the. appearance of having their hairin axdressed and wavy condition by lmerely applying a 'simple-V andlightdevice of this character and combing 'out Vthe hair on' the sames'othatthe strands ofl hairl thereon intermingle with the natural hair,and

when' this isdone andthe hairon the device bottom plan view of thedevice matches the natural hair the additional or false hair cannot bedistinguished from the natural hair.

rlhe device A shown in Figs. 1-3 comprises a relatively long and narrowhair supporting foundation or base 1 of sufficient length to span theforehead along the hair line from approximately temple to temple. rlhefoundation 1 may be of any suitable material 2, such as silk or netusually used in forming a ventilated foundation for hair structures and`to which bodies or strands of hair 3 are attached and extend from allparts of one side of said base portion in any suitable manner. In thisdevice I have shown what is generally termed as a ventilated parting.

The foundation 1 is bordered by a band 4 of suitable material and aplurality of relatively stiif cross members or stiffeners 5, in the formof fiat springs, extend crosswise of the foundation from longitudinaledge to longitudinal edge thereof. The stiffeners 5 are covered by astrip 6 of suitable material and said stifleners serve to maintain thelongitudinal edges ofthe foundation in spaced relation to each other. i

Gther stiffeners 7 extend across the ends of the base or foundation 1 atsubstantially 45 degree angles to assist in maintaining the shape of thedevice.

Flexible fastening means 8 which is preferably in the form of asubstantially nonexpansible and flexible string or cord 9 that hasfieXible and eXpansible members 10 preferably secured to each endthereof form simple and novel means for securely and firmly holding thefoundation in place on the Wearers head.

The members 10 may be made as shown in Fig. 4, by bending a piece ofsilver elastic 11 upon itself and securing the free ends of said elasticto a tape 12 or other suitable coveringby stitch-es 13. The looped endof said elastic is secured to one end of string 9 by means of stitches14 encircling a knot 15 tied in string 9. The covering as shown in theform of a tape 12 may be folded upon itself as shown in Fig. 4 and thelongitudinal edges thereof are. stitched together by stitches 16 to forma tunnel Which is gathered over the elastic 11 to provide for eX-pansion of the'elastic and to also form a covering therefor so that thefastening means Will be neat appearing. The string or cord 9 extendsthrough the tape at the looped end 17 which is folded over knot 15 andsecured to the tape so as to entirely conceal the fasteninof of the cordto the elastic. The free ends i8 of tape 12 are att-ached to thefoundation 2 at the ends thereof by stitches 19.

Although l have shown the expansible members 10 constructed as shown inFig. 4, l do not Wish to be limited to the exact arrangement of theparts therein shown, as it is apparent that the silver elastic 11 may beturned end for end in the tunnelled tape or the looped end of the tapemay be secured to the foundation and the free ends 18 folded over knot15, Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

llihen the device is in position on the head of a wearer the fasteningmeans extend beneath the under rear side of the head and is adapted tobe covered and concealed by the natural hair of the wearer which iscombed out to cover the string 9 and the eXpansible members 10. l

In practice the fastening means are made of the desired length to fitthe head of the person onto which the device is to be mounted; and inorder toplace the device in position the foundation is placed on thehead along the hair line of the forehead and the string 9 is slippeddown over the'back of the head, and it as Well as the members 10 may beentirely concealed from View by combing the hair -on the foundationand/or the natural hair thereover as the case may be. The expansiblemembers 10 afford sufiicient expansibility for the string 9 to be pulledover the prominent part of the head and also hold the device snugly onthe head Without undue strain or discomfort to the wearer.

lVith theV foregoing construction I provide a device `that maybe easilyand quickly ate tached to the head and which will materially improve theWearers appearance as it will be` apparent that Women Who are troubledwith grey hair along the forehead andA temples Will not have to resortto dyeing of the hair to make it of one uniform color, because byapplying my Adevice it Will satisfactorily cover such grey hair sov asnot to be visible to observers or if considerable grey hair is presentby applying my device such grey hair Will not be visible to observerswhen a hat is Worn.

In some instancesv a person may have had the natural hair cut close tothe head and `also be provided with several hats that fit 'the head ofsuch person, and by Wearing my hair structure a desired effect of havingan abundant growth of hair which is visible in conjunction with a hat isobtained Without increasing the head size so as to require larger sizedhats by the Weareras is the case when a Wig or transformation is Worn.

From the foregoing it is apparent that if adevice of this-character isWorn in conjunction With a hat the wearer can easily change theappearance of her hair light to dark or vice versa.

ln Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slight modification of the basestructure 1 byadding a forward extension 2O that has strands of'hairextending therefrom and by such slight addition to the base structurethe hair may be dressed to give a pompadour effect as shown in Fig. 5.The base in this form is partially made of net but it is understood thatany suitable *fruiterialmay*"b'e used. The "strands fofhair SY:a'ttache'dto 'b'ase 1f extend'zfrom the 'sidesior'e'nds of the-*basein the A'same Imanner as 'in Figs; fl-B and also extend or "flowv'rearwa'rdly 'therefrom as shown in Fig. 16. YThe 'rearwardly extendingstrands of `hairfonly partially cover -the Vtop part of the head,terminating 7a slight dis- Vther modification of the contour of the basestructure l and have added at the parting of the device an extension 2lwhereby I obtain a drawn parting in a device of this character andprovide simple, light and inexpensive means for obtaining such a partingand additional hair to cover the top part of the head. The extension 21is a long and narrow hair supporting member that extends rearwardly fromthe base and it is apparent that the relatively small size of suchmember will not add materially to weight or cost of my device.v Thestrands of hair 3 are usually combed into the natural hair of the wearerwhen the device is worn so as to be indistinguishable therefrom as inthe case with the devices shown in Figs. l-G.

From the foregoing it is apparent that by use of my device I providemeans whereby the wearing of wigs is avoided in order to change thestyle of hair dress.

rlhe strands of hair attached to the base or foundation are preferablyof a texture that may be dressedin what is termed a Marcel wave that isusually permanently formed therein and regardless of handling` of thedevice or crumpling the device ror carrying the same in a purse orpocket, by merely combing out the strands of hair the device will havethe appearance of always being in a dressed condition. This affords alight, neat appearing device that cannot be detected by the public fromthe natural hair of the wearer, and which may be easily and quicklyapplied, combed out, and give the wearer the appearance of having thehair in a dressed condition without requiring the delays andinconvenience incident to going to the hair dressers.

I claim:

l. A hair structure comprising a relatively long and narrow foundationmember adapted to span the forehead along the hair line fromapproximately temple to temple; strands of hair extending from all partsof one side of said foundation member;fand a flexible member att-achedto said foundation and extending beneath the under rear side of the head"and adapted gto be covered` and concealedtby-thenat-uralfhair of thewearer.

'2. A hair striicture'cornprising 'in combination a. relatively longv'and narrow Vbase portion adapted to extend over thefforepart offtheheadalong the'h'ai'rlflin'e from approximately ytemple to temple;strands Vof hair attached'toand extending from all parts of 'one-sideofsaid "base portion and adapted 'to-:supply :hair over the forehead Vand'around ithe 'temples of the wearer; and aA holding "strap `'attached4'to sa-id lbase adapted with fsaid baseportion to encircle the wearersnatiiralhair of the wearer.

3. A hair structurecomprising ya relatively long and narrow base portionadapted to span the forehead of the wearer -along the hair line fromapproximately 'temple to temple; strands of hair extending from allparts of one side of said base portion; and a plurality of relativelystiE cross members extending from longitudinal edge to longitudinal edgeof said base portion.

4. A hair structure comprising a relatively long and narrow base portionadapted to span the forehead of the wearer along the hair line fromapproximately temple to temple; strands of hair extending from all partsof one side of said base portion; and a plurality of relatively stiffrcross members extending from longitudinal edge to longitudinal edge ofsaid base portion intermediate and at the ends of said base portion,said end cross members extending at substantially 45 degree angles tothe longitudinal edges of said base.

5. A hair structure comprising a hair supportingfoundation adapted tospan the forehead from approximately temple to temple; a narrow hairsupporting member extending rearwardly from said foundation at theparting of the hair thereon; and a holding strap attached to saidfoundation adapted to hold said foundation in place on the head of thewearer.

6. A hair structure comprising a relatively long and narrow hairsupporting foundation; and fastening means attached to said foundationcomprising a.l flexible relatively non-expansible string and anexpansible member.

7. A hair structure comprising a hair supporting foundation; andfastening means attached thereto adapted with said foundation toencircle the head of the wearer and comprising a flexible string; anexpansible member attached thereto and comprising an expansible unit;and a covering for said expansible unit.

8. A hair structure comprising a hair supporting foundation; andfastening means attached thereto comprising a relatively nonexpansiblestring and an expansible member attached thereto, said expansiblememlill lll

her comprising a piece of silver elastic folded to forni a loop; acoveringj enclosing said silver elastic; and means securing the freeends and the looped end ot said silver elastic to said covering.

9. A hair structure comprising a hair sui porting' foundation; and:fasteningmeans attached thereto comprising a relatively nonexpansihlestring` and an expansible member attached thereto, said expansihlemember comprising a. piece of silver elastic folded to form a loop; acovering enclosing said silver elastic; means securing one end of saidsilver elastic to said covering; and means securing` one end of saidstring' to the other end of said silver elastic,

10. A hair structure comprising a relatively long and narrow baseportion adapted to span the fore part of the head alongthe hair linefrom approximately temple to temple; strands of hair secured to saidhase portion and extending` from all portions of one side thereof, saidstrands of hair extending from said base to supply suiiicienthair overthe temples of the wearer, and 'extending rearwardly therefrom andadapted to` he combed with the natural hair of the wearer so as tointermingle therewith.

4ln Atestimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 22nd day of September, 1926.

VVILLAM' HEPNER.

